Tennis net



July 14, 1925. I 1,546,271

L. 'o. WATTENBARGER TENNIS NET ed MQIQIL 11, 1924 of the above character, wherein the life of- Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES TENNIS NET.

Application filed March 11, 1924. Serial 695,477?

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORAN O. VVATTEN- BARGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Tennis Nets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to the art of games, and more particularly has reference to the game generally known as tennis, the invention specifically relating to a net or barrier adapted to be employed in conjunction with said game of tennis, and adapted to be employed in lieu of the usual cord fabric net now employed, the primary object of the invention residing in the provision of an article of this character, that includes a single length of wire mesh that may be readily supported between the two posts at opposite sides of the tennis court, and one wherein the usual disagreeable sagging of the nets now used will be obviated.

An additional object is to provide a net the same will be practically indefinite, and

wherein the strands of the net will be less.

liable to become broken and allow the ball to pass therethrough which is a very pregnant disadvantage with the type of net now employed.

An additional object is to provide a net of wire mesh screening, that may be readily rolled up, when it is desired to store the same away, and one that will not require the care and labor that is necessary to the folding of a textile fabric net of the type now used.

With the foregoing and other objects in disclosing the reinforcing means at the opposite ends of the wire net, and

Figure 3 is a similar View, taken on the vertical line 38 of Figure 1, for more clearly disclosing the upper protecting edge strip for preventing the wire strands from becoming frayed, or for preventing the fingers from becoming scratched by contact with the upper edge of said net.

Now having particular reference to the drawings, my novel tennis net constitutes the provision of a desirable length of wire mesh screening 5, that is preferably of similar proportion in both length and Width as the textile fabric net now employed, in carrying out the game of tennis.

Upon opposite ends of the net 5 are metallic reinforcing strips 6-6, each of which constitutes the provision of a strip of metal, of relatively great width, that is to be laid in face to face contact with the end of the net, and then bent upon itself in the manner as clearly shown in Figure 2, for providing outer walls 77, and an intermediate wall 8, it being obvious that the bending of this sheet metal strip, will also overturn the edge of the net 5, for maintaining the same in position between the outer walls 7 -7 and the intermediate wall 8, for preventing the disengagement of the edge of the net with respect to said reinforcing strip. After the metal has been bent to the form shown in Figure 2, rivets are passed therethrough for also preventing the disengagement of the strip with respect to the end of the net.

These end strips 66 carry suitable cables 99 to facilitate attachment of the net between the usual posts 10-10 at opposite sides of the tennis court. 7

Upon the upper longitudinal edge of the wire net 5, is a covering of relatively heavy canvas 11, that includes a strip of canvas folded upon itself for engagement over the opposite side of the net, at its upper edge, in a manner as shown in Figure 3, this strip of canvas being secured to the upper edge of said net through the medium of glue, rivets, stitches, or the like.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly improved and efficient form of tennis net, and one wherein the life of the same will be practically indefinite, and one wherein no sagging of the same in the center will be occasioned, as is now the case with textile A -r =osnw fabric nets employed in conjunction with end edges thereof, said reinforcing strips the playing ofthe game of tennis. being folded upon themselves and the end Min mhanges ms gbe Inade'5in the inven- 'port'ion's of the netting being folded 'around tion without departing frorn the spirit'and the innermost poles of the end strips and a 5 scope of the appended claim. strip "folded over one of the longitudinal 15 Having thus dscri'be'i my invention, what edges of the netting andbridg' ing the space I claim as new and desire to secure by Letbetween the end reinforcing strips. 7 ters Patent is: testimony whereof I affix my signature.

A tennis net structure comprising a strlp w of netting, reinforcing stripsapplied to the LORAN o. WATTENBARGER. 

